USDA - Soil Conservation Service
Pedon Narrative Description
DATE Sampled: 06/29/1992

Soil Series: SWANSEA

Map Unit Name: Swansea muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes

Site Identification #: 92MA023015

Map Unit Symbol: 51 Note ID: Yield ID:

Laboratory Information

Lab Pedon #: 2305102 Source Lab Id:

Location Information

Soil Survey Area #: 023 MLRA: 144A

County FIPS Code: 023

County Name: Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Soil Survey Area Name: Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Location Description: Approximately 1600 feet west of Pleasant Street at a point 0.55 miles south of the intersection of Pleasant Street and Reed Street in the town of Hanson.

Quadrangle Name:

Latitude: 42 degrees 1 minutes 28.0 seconds N

Longitude: 70 degrees 51 minutes 33.0 seconds W

UTM Zone: UTM Easting: UTM Northing:

Photograph #: R0362-22

Description Category: Description for research study

Pedon Category: Typical pedon for series

Slope Characteristics Information
Slope: 0 percent

Elevation: 55.0 feet

Physiography:
Local: Bog

Microrelief:
tree throw feature
Elevation: 2.0 inches

Classification: ____ , ____ , ____ , ____ , ____ ____

Landuse: Forest land not grazed
Stoniness: 0.00 percent
Permeability: Very slow

Natural Drainage Class: VPD

Parent Material: Weathered organic from organic over weathered glacial outwash from mixed-igneous-metamorphic & sedimentary

Vegetative Information
Plant Symbol:
Plant Name: Atlantic White Cedar, Hemlock, Red Maple, Sweet Pepperbush, Cinnamon Fern, Sphagnum Moss

Described by: Peter C. Fletcher

Notes: Weather - sunny, 80 degrees F., time 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.; pit and mound topography - blackened leaves observed within depressions; EPA aerial photo.

 

Oi-- 0 to 1 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), after exposure to air, and very dark gray (5YR 3/1), crushed, fibric material; massive; very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and common fine throughout and common medium and coarse throughout; 80.0 percent fiber unrubbed; 60.0 percent fiber rubbed; 4.4 Bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Immediately after removal from the pit and being exposed to air, soil samples changed color from a reddish hue to a darker, less red hue; rubbed color, pyrophosphate color test - Oi - 10YR 5/3; coarse wood fragments - Oi - 5%.

 

Oe-- 1 to 2.5 inches; very dark gray (5YR 3/1), after exposure to air, and very dark gray (5YR 3/1), crushed, partially decomposed organic matter; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and common fine to coarse throughout; 60.0 percent fiber unrubbed; 40.0 percent fiber rubbed; 4.4 Bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Pyrophosphate color test - Oe - 10YR 6/3; coarse wood fragments - Oe - 5%.

 

Oa1--2.5 to 6 inches; very dark gray (5YR 3/1), after exposure to air, and very dark gray (5YR 3/1), crushed, sapric material; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout; 40.0 percent fiber unrubbed; 20.0 percent fiber rubbed; 4.4 Bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Pyrophosphate color test - Oa1 - 7.5YR 4/3; coarse wood fragments - Oa1 - 15%.

 

Oa2-- 6 to 10 inches; very dark gray (5YR 3/1), after exposure to air, and very dark gray (5YR 3/1), crushed, sapric material; weak coarse angular blocky and weak coarse granular structure; friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout; 30.0 percent fiber unrubbed; 5.0 percent fiber rubbed; 4.6 Bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Pyrophosphate color test - Oa2 - 10YR 3/3; coarse wood fragments - Oa2 - 5%.

 

Oa3--10 to 17 inches; very dark gray (5YR 3/1), after exposure to air, and very dark gray (5YR 3/1), crushed, sapric material; massive; very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; 25.0 percent fiber unrubbed; 5.0 percent fiber rubbed; 4.6 Bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Coarse wood fragments - 10%.

 

Oa4--17 to 25 inches; very dark gray (5YR 3/1), after exposure to air, and very dark gray (5YR 3/1), crushed, sapric material; massive; very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; 10.0 percent fiber unrubbed; 2.0 percent fiber rubbed; 4.6 Bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Pyrophosphate color test - Oa4 - 7.5YR 3/3.

 

Oa5--25 to 31 inches; very dark gray (5YR 3/1), after exposure to air, and very dark gray (5YR 3/1), crushed, sapric material; common medium and coarse very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mottles; massive; very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; 30.0 percent fiber unrubbed; 5.0 percent fiber unrubbed; 4.6 Bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Coarse wood fragments - Oa5 - 5%.

 

C1--31 to 35 inches; dark gray (5Y 4/1) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky and nonplastic; 5.2 Chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.

 

C2--35 to 51 inches; greenish gray (5GY 5/1) sandy loam; massive; firm, nonsticky and nonplastic; 5.4 Chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.

 

C3--51 to 72 inches; greenish gray (5GY 5/1) silty clay loam; massive; firm, nonsticky and nonplastic; 5.4 Chlorophenol red.


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